Table 1 Individual and partnership-level characteristics of MSMO and MSMW in Lima (N = 332; 1073 partnerships)
Any female partner in last 3 partnerships (N = 46) | No female partners in last 3 partnerships (N = 286) | Overall (N = 332) | p-value | |
Age (mean, SD) | 31.8 (10.9) | 30.6 (8.8) | 30.7 (9.1) | 0.793 |
Education (University or above vs. secondary or less)a | 14 (30.4) | 142 (49.8) | 156 (47.1) | 0.029 |
Sexual identity | ||||
Heterosexual | 19 (43.2) | 4 (1.4) | 23 (7.1) | < 0.001 |
Bisexual | 20 (45.4) | 40 (14.3) | 60 (18.5) | 0.001 |
Homosexual | 5 (11.4) | 236 (84.3) | 241 (74.4) | |
HIV/STI status | ||||
STI only | 35 (76.1) | 139 (48.6) | 174 (52.4) | |
HIV | 11 (23.9) | 147 (51.4) | 158 (47.6) | |
Number of partners in last 3 months (mean, SD) | 3.5 (4.5) | 4.6 (9.7) | 4.4 (8.9) | 0.474 |
Partnership-Specific Characteristics | ||||
Female Partner (N = 86) | Male Partner (N = 987) | Overall (N = 1073) | p-value | |
Likely to disclose to partner | ||||
No | 38 (45.2) | 331 (41.7) | 369 (42.0) | 0.62 |
Yes | 41 (48.8) | 390 (49.1) | 431 (49.1) | |
I don’t know | 5 (5.6) | 73 (9.2) | 78 (8.9) | |
Any unprotected insertive sex with partner in the last 3 months | 67 (77.9) | 348 (43.1) | 415 (46.5) | < 0.001 |
Any oral sex with partner in the last 3 months | 72 (83.7) | 681 (84.4) | 753 (84.3) | 0.88 |
Partner is the primary partner | 33 (38.4) | 248 (30.7) | 281 (31.5) | 0.18 |